Book Review Fault in Our Stars

You know that empty feeling when you’ve lost everything? Cancer kills. A majority of us have experienced at least one tragic event; whether if it was a death of the loved one, being diagnosed with a disease, or even being involve in a traumatic situation. John Green’s Fault in Our Stars, does an astonishing job at describing the life of a teenage girl who lives with cancer. The way that Green writes about love, sadness, and loneliness, is very inspiring. He knows how to catch your attention, and keep it until the very last page of the novel. Even after he still keeps you wondering, “what’s next?” As well as his writing style, his books, especially “Fault in Our Stars,” can attract any age readers who are looking for a heart touching, motivated novel to read and paint out in their head. Green’s writing background has great views along 4+ stars on all of his novels-After all he is one of New York Times Best Selling Author.

The connection I’ve made with this triumphant yet classic novel, Fault in Our Stars, was pure empathy. Hazel, the cancer ticking time bomb, has been through a huge amount strain with her disease: stage four thyroid cancer. Green’s novel, I believe, was so greatly portrayed in first person from Hazel’s point of view, that I felt I was experiencing every moment of her life with her. Her love life on the other hand, how Green described every detail, was so in depth that it had gave me the feeling like I had pulled my heart out, cut it up and thrown it away, leaving me to pick up the pieces. However, it’s safe to say that myself and a majority of the other readers of this aspiring novel, believe that this book is about love and ambition, not just about depression and loneliness. Likewise, Augustus, also known as Gus, Hazel’s star crossed lover, prominently changed the tone of the novel from scared, dark and miserable, to happy, determined and content. In other words, Hazel who...

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...﻿The Fault in OurStars: A Tragic Love Story
Her name is Hazel Grace Lancaster; she was first diagnosed with cancer in her thyroid when she was 13 years old and then it slowly progressed to her lungs. She couldn’t stand up for very long and stairs were basically her worst enemy, but she was a fighter. When she was 16 years old, her parents forced her to go to a support group. Hazel hated the idea of going but she went anyway, and that was where she first met Augustus Waters. Augustus was a cancer survivor, he had osteosarcoma, but he was there for his best friend, Issac, who had cancer in his eyes. From that point on, Hazel and Augustus were inseparable. Augustus would do anything for Hazel, for example he took her to Amsterdam to meet her favorite writer, Mr. Peter VanHouten. Little did they know, everything was about to change.
Josh Boone’s movie is based upon the novel, The Fault in OurStars written by John Green, which is not an over dramatic teenage novel. A good movie must have a plot that is believable and relatable. Most young-adult dramatic comedy movies are over exaggerated and hysterically portrayed. Pediatric cancer is becoming more common, so having two young cancer kids falling in love seems natural. Hazel and Gus’ first encounter is unexpected and awkward for them which is what most teenagers feel when they meet a new person and think, “Wow, they are really stunning.” How...

...The Fault in OurStars
To have a life is an opportunity; to live it happily is a choice. Who is not afraid to die? Who is not afraid to be forgotten? Who is not afraid to leave Earth empty-handed and unprepared? The book “The Fault in OurStars” possesses a story of life and death. A story that would help us realize that a lot of things can be sacrificed in the name of love and infinite happiness.
The book has a power to change the way people think and could alter the way we think of life and death and everything that’s in between. The humor was perfectly balanced and the metaphors were cleverly placed. The story never gets dull. Augustus and Hazel Grace seemed to be alive and had experienced those sad and happy events for real. They maintained to capture my attention at the end of the story as they did when I first turned a few pages.
Hazel Grace is someone I dream to meet one day. Her jolly expression, her witty responds, her drive and her sensitivity makes her unique and lovable all throughout the story. She was characterized with great courage in facing her own cancer problem and engaging into a relationship with another cancer patient. I couldn’t seem to tear my eyes away from the book especially when Hazel Grace went to find the author of her favorite book and ask him what happens in the story. She expected a...

...﻿The Fault in OurStars
There’s this teenage girl named Hazel Grace, who is an average teenager except for the little fact that she has sort of cancer inside her body and her lungs aren't working very well.
Hazel is in Support Group one day when a new boy named Augustus catches her eye. Soon enough, she and Augustus are flirtatious friends and talk to each other about everything. Hazel shares her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, and they obsess about the unsolved ending. Augustus manages to somehow get through to the author and when Hazel emails him, he invites her to come to Amsterdam to discuss the ending of the book.
Augustus surprises Hazel by telling her that he still has his wish (the "Wish" that they grant to dying children) from when he had cancer and lost his leg, and he'd happily use it to take her to Amsterdam to meet Peter Van Houten, the author of An Imperial Affliction. Hazel of course, is extremely excited about the whole idea.
Eventually, they manage to get their trip to Amsterdam with Hazel's mother. They go to Amsterdam and have beautiful and romantic times, but when they meet Peter Van Houten, it doesn't exactly go as planned. First of all, he's a mean drunk. He's just a mean drunk and doesn't answer any of Hazel's questions. Hazel is angry and upset, but Van Houten's assistant, Lidewij, takes her and Augustus out to explore Amsterdam. They see Anne Frank's house, and they...

...The Fault In OurStars by John Green
Main Characters
Hazel Grace Lancaster, the main character of the book, is diagnosed with stage four thyroid cancer. She likes to say that it doesn’t define her and throughout the book she normally talks about it with a touch of humor. From the treatments she received the cancer was removed, but at the same time her lungs became weak and is needed to pull an oxygen tank around with her. Her depression from the cancer makes her have a realism outlook on life.
Augustus “Gus” Waters is the charmer towards Hazel. His confidence and levity rescues Hazel from her gloominess. He’s the complete opposite of Hazel-wanting to leave an impression wherever he goes. He likes to stand out of the crowd and get the attention of everyone. He’s also very open about his cancer, and likes to joke about the terrible situations he and his friends are in. He never takes things for granted however, and loves the support he receives from his family.
Isaac, friends of both Gus and Hazel, is the most insightful of all the characters even though he is blind. At the beginning of the book his girlfriend broke up with him, which makes his normal happy going self turn into a devastated, angry person. He likes to remind everyone that cancer isn’t just sad, it’s frustrating and it’s unfair.
Plot Summary
The story begins with Hazel Grace and her views on cancer and...

...The Fault in OurStars
The Fault in OurStars is a novel written by John Green. This book was published in 2012 by “The Penguin Group” with 313 pages. The Fault in OurStars is a work of fiction, everyone/everything is this book is made up by the author’s imagination. “The Fault in OurStars” is a #1 New York Times Bestseller, award winning, and motion picture romance. The reader will follow Hazel and Augustus as these extraordinary teenagers go on a journey that soon turns into a long lasting relationship.
Hazel Grace Lancaster has cancer, thyroid cancer that has gotten in her lungs and now it has affected her body. Hazel doesn’t had a lot of time to live, but she’s okay with that. Hazel just want to be a regular teenager just like me but she’s just living with this disease in her body. As the book opens, Hazel is being forced to go to a support group for cancer patients because her mother thinks she depressed, but Hazel just doesn’t want to go. She made up her mind that “America’s Next Top Model” helps her deal with her so called “Depression”, but her mother still pushes her to go anyway. Hazel made the right choice by going because she meets this hot boy named, Augustus Waters. Augustus suddenly caught her attention.
As the story progresses, Augustus and Hazel...

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Devi Nair
INTRO
I read the book "The Fault in OurStars" by John Green. This book is young adult fiction. The reason I chose this book is because I heard amazing things about it from literally everyone I talked to and I kind of just wanted to see what all the hype was about.
SUMMARY
The story starts off with the narrator Hazel Grace explaining how she has stage 4 thyroid cancer and how her mom is forcing her to go to a cancer support group. When she gets there she meets a boy named Augustus who has osteosarcoma. The story continues, they fall in love, and all is well, until tragedy strikes and they're forced to cope with the harsh reality of the fact that their time together is very limited.
QUOTE
A quote that stood out to me was on page 260: “There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered...

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“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in ourstars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” (Act 1. Scene 2. Julius Caesar.) This pensive line was the inspiration behind the title of John Green’s work of fiction, The Fault in OurStars. The novel follows young Hazel Grace Lancaster, a stage 4 thyroid cancer patient, who makes the acquaintance of Augustus Waters one fateful day at Support Group. Throughout the novel, Hazel Grace takes not only a physical journey but an emotional one. The ups and downs of Hazel’s journey are penned by John Green with a substantial amount of metaphors as well as the supporting characters playing a significant part. Set in present day Indianapolis, and later Amsterdam, The Fault in OurStars is a complex piece with the theme of the struggles in life and how we can choose what to make of them.
Hazel Lancaster endures a physical journey far greater than most. At the age of merely 13, Hazel Grace was diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer in her lungs. Owing her life to a miracle test drug, Phalanxifor, Hazel still struggles to perform every day activities such as climbing the stairs and even walking. Hazel does not want to “become her cancer”, as most cancer patients do, therefore she does not let her “lungs that suck at being lungs” hold her back. She even manages to travel to Amsterdam, of course, with the company...

...﻿Courtney Corson
Mrs. Dana
12 Honors English
25 October 2013
The Fault in OurStars
John Green is the New York Times best-selling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in OurStars. John Green has written some very unique pieces of literature, such as; This Is Not Tom, which is written completely in riddles. He also wrote a long short story called Let It Snow. John Green has done several radio interviews and he has done several interviews with young fans of his. John Green is a very popular and talented author; reaching the hearts of many teenage boys and girls because his novels relate to all of the issues that teens go through. In the novel The Fault in OurStars written by John Green, the main character and narrator of the story, Hazel Grace, is cancer ridden and is terminally ill. Hazel is like any typical 16 year old girl; constantly thinking and worrying about love, boys, and lust. Hazel attends a support group that is necessary to help her fight the cancer that has taken over her body, according to her parents. At support group she meets this charming, handsome, irresistible boy whose name is Augustus Waters. Augustus had cancer and is attending the support group because his friend Isaac, who has cancer of the eye, made him go. Augustus takes Hazel to his house to watch a movie and Hazel begins...